Written questions

Fisheries: Quotas

Commons · Question 83906 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the outcomes of the 2025 Quota application mechanism trial; and whether she plans to expand this system to distribute a greater proportion of England’s

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 29 Oct 2025

An assessment of the 2024 Quota Application Mechanism trial has been published online, and an assessment of the 2025 trial will be developed and published once the 2025 trial has concluded at the end of the fishing year. Applications for the 2026 trial ar...